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HOW DID OUR WORLD GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY? By following the course of history from the earliest days of civilization to today, we can find the answers. In this series, each book covers a major geographical or political region of the world and tells not only its early history, but traces the intersecting ways that it has changed in response to world events. Using maps, artwork, photography, timelines, and artifacts, each book is a mini time-travel machine. History is what made us what we are today; this series is the “how to” guide to how the modern world came to be.

1500s-1800s

Buganda lay on the shores of LakeVictoriawhere the soil is very fertile.People grew crops, such as bananas andplantains.Bananaswere very easy to grow, and any rotten vegetableswereused as fertilizers. Gandapeoplewere alsohunterswho killedbuffalo, antelope andwildpigs. They attended regularmarkets, selling their crafts and crops in exchange for other goods. P lantainsare tropical vegetableswhichare related to thebanana. Theking, orKabaka,divided Buganda into sections and appointed chiefs to rule over each area.The chiefswere responsible for collecting food,beer andfirewood from the people,which they tookback to the king’s court.Buganda alsohad trading linkswithArabmerchants on the east coast, andbought guns, ammunition, cotton cloth,beads and glassware from them. GandaReligions TheGandabelieved that certain people in thekingdomhad supernaturalpowerswhen theywere alive.They called thesepeople balubaale, and after theydied,people prayed to them fordifferent things. Onebalubaalewas in charge of bringing rain and anotherhelped huntersfind animals.Therewere also manymedicinemenwho gaveherbs andpotions topeoplewhen they were ill.

The Chwezi Bantu people living around the east African lakes were joined by a people called Chwezi in the 1300s. The Chwezi came from North Africa and were cattle herders. Before their arrival, the Bantu had lived in separate family groups, each with its own ruler. The Chwezi introduced the idea of a single ruler, or king, and encouraged the people to grow coffee. The Chwezi built long ditches, called oriembo, which they used to protect their cattle. They ruled over a large area, and their kingdom lasted two hundred years.

Inside East Africa F urthernorth, thekingdoms around the lakes ofEast Africa escaped thedevastating effects of theMfecane. But theywere involved inwars of their own, raiding neighboringpeoples and taking away their cattle and land.The twomostpowerfulkingdomswereBunyoro, which lay on the edge ofLakeAlbert, andBuganda on the edge ofLakeVictoria. AnExpandingKingdom Bunyorowas thefirstkingdom tobecome important in this region.Themainoccupationof thepeoplewas cattle rearing,but they also produced saltwhich they sold to theirneighbors. Bunyorowasdivided into several villages, and each villageprovidedmen for theking’s army. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the army conductedmany raids againstneighbors, seizing their cattle and land andmaking thempay taxes to theking. ARivalNeighbor Upuntil themiddle of the eighteenth century, Bunyorowas themostpowerfulkingdom around the lakes.Then, in thenineteenth century, a kingdom that lay towards the east took over. Itwas calledBuganda and overhalf amillionGanda people lived there.

T he kingdom of Buganda lay on the

northwestern shores of LakeVictoria.This view of the lakewas taken fromKisumu inKenya.

T woMaasaimen ofEastAfricawearing traditional clothing.Maasaimen often undergomilitary trainingduring their teenageyears. TheChampionNomads TheMaasai are a groupofAfricanpeoplewhomove aroundwith their cattle in searchof grazing land.Today they live inTanzania andKenya.TheMaasaiwere a small groupofpeople in the1500s, butby the1800s thepopulationhad expanded greatly.TheMaasai menwere in chargeofmoving cattle fromplace toplace,while thewomendid all themilking.Theybelieved in a supreme god calledEnkai, andprayed tohim through their religious leader.The leader alsoprayed for rain andmade charms toprotect soldiers going intobattle. TheChwezi Bantupeople living around the eastAfrican lakeswere joined by apeople calledChwezi in the1300s.TheChwezi came from NorthAfrica andwere cattleherders.Before their arrival, the Bantuhad lived in separate family groups, eachwith its own ruler.TheChwezi introduced the idea of a single ruler, orking, and encouraged thepeople to grow coffee.TheChwezibuilt longditches, called oriembo,which theyused toprotect their cattle.They ruled over a large area, and theirkingdom lasted twohundred years.

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